I don't know if that is a coaching decision or Russ himself is just not able to, but there is a serious lack of ability at recognizing the defense, blitzes, shifts, hot reads, etc.

Yes the OL looks bad, but that is far from only being the OLs fault, apart from severe scheme issues, they are thrown to the wolves all the time.

You cannot run against a stacked box, Wilson doesn't check out.

You cannot rely on 5 man protection if there are 6 rushers, Wilson doesn't check out.

You cannot set the protection away from an overload blitz, Wilson doesn't check out.

Sometimes the protections and run block calls are just wrong.

Wilson doesn't see if a defense is in man or zone and adjust accordingly, whatever play is called will be played out no matter what the defense gives you. Again, whether that is a coaching decision or not, it is frustrating to see.

There are countless instances where I was sitting at home and just wondering why the fuck they just run that play when it was doomed to fail from the beginning.

You can and need to expect from a veteran franchise QB who is getting paid more than 20 mil to handle the pre-snap part of QBing as well as the post-snap part.

You can't expect a Manning/Brady back there, but almost every established franchise QB is better at pre-snap reads and adjustments than Russ.

The entire offense is a clusterfuck, scheme, coaching and execution and that includes Wilson.

The OL isn't great but it has been average and serviceable this year since we brought in Brown and made some other changes.

The issue is the play calling, play design, and overall coaching, which does not help out the OL at all.

Its predictable, there is no run game, there is no variation in how they block, that being slide protection, turn back, waggle, angle blocking, big on big, short-sets, chips, cuts, etc. The RBs and TE don't help in pass blocking enough, the defense knows whats coming, they don't have to honor the run or play action, they don't have to be afraid of trick plays or even just smartly designed plays.

Its pin your ears back and hunt Wilson. As a former DL, this is the scenario you absolutely love. Just fucking all out go after the QB because there is nothing else you need to fear while playing the Hawks.

There is no clear offensive philosophy or plan that sticks out, there is nothing to set up the opposing defense, there is nothing to exploit the defensive weaknesses, there are no passing or running concepts at work, nothing. They don't adapt, they don't audible, they don't adjust unless they have seen defense live. They cannot film prep for opposing defenses it seems. They play the same shtick for 60 minutes week in week out, whether it works or not, whether the play and players match up to the opponent or not. Its the same shit and it has been for years.

They do not recognize blitzes, shifts in the defense, holes, they cannot audible for the life of them, they cannot set the protections correctly, they cannot set their run blocking assignments correctly.

These are mainly play design and play selection issues and that falls solely in Bevells responsibility.

Its as if you entered the most basic, bland madden playbook into a completely random play selector and the outcome is Bevell.